Today in a long time we went somewhere new what a relief I needed
something different. I went with the parents and a friend of mine and of course
the dogs. There's a fair bit of history to this long barrow which you can read
on the English
Heritage Site.
I wasn't sure what to expect I didn't do any prior
research just went for it. It looked interesting from the photos on the site.
When we got there we parked on the side of the road got ourselves ready and
crossed to go up a muddy track it was raining at the time but lucky the track
want to bad we headed up hill and reached a wide open field of grass
we
followed the footpath sign leading to the left got to the edge of the field and
turned right at this point we realised we could have gone straight up oh well
the long route it is heading uphill the rain got worse and the wind got
stronger but I turned around and saw the view
over
Winchcombe it was beautiful the
rolling Cotswold holds the villages nestled in them worth the rain and wind.
Carrying on up we reached the top walked along another grass field still
starring at the view heading towards a wooded area the footpath stayed next to
a steep hill through the forest. While walking through the forest my dad
slipped on a branch he's okay no injuries. We reached the long barrow walked
round it had a look inside one of the little rooms mainly just to get of the
weather. We carried on round and decided to go look for a
geocache nearby. A good hunt around later me and my friend found it.
The walk back wasn't very eventful enjoyed the views. Driving back home we
looked for another
geocache
(premium only). I'm going to load some
experimental photos so please bear with me.
Google
Maps: 51.927633, -1.970978
GPS: N 51 55.658 W 1 58.259
OS Grid
Reference: SP 020 262
